Ear-ring



T.IH. DE VAUSNEY, Jr.

(No Model.)

EAR RING.

Patented 001;. 10, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS H. DE VA'USNEY, JE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

EAR-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,662, dated October 10, 1882.

Application filed August 9, 1882. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS H. DE VAUS- NEY, Jr., of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvementin Ear-Rings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a locking arrangement for ear-rings; and it consists in the devices substantially as hereinafter set forth.

Figure l is a sectional elevation, showing the ear-ring locked. Fi 2 is the same, showing the ring unlocked. Fig. 3 is a face view of the locking device from a line ofw m 011 Fig. 1.

In my construction, A is the front or ornamental part of the ear-ring, and from this, and made fast to, it I extend a pin, B, having a flange or shot end, 0. To the lower portion of the ring, at D, I joint the arm E, and on the upper end of this arm I puta slide lockingdevice, F. This consists in a slide portion, I-I, made to slide and be held by friction on the arm between the stops I and K. With this slide portion is connected a hollow disk, L, having in its face a keyhole-shaped opening to engage the end of the pin B.

To look the article the pin is inserted in the openingin theear-the arm having been thrown down for the purpose-with the slide pushed up against the stop I, as seen in Fig. 2. After the pin is inserted in the ear the arm is thrown up and the end U of the pin enters the large portion 0 of the opening. The slide, by the knob P, is then pressed down on the arm, when the end of the pin moves up into the slot portion Q of the opening, and the flange end of THOMAS H. DE VAUSNEY, JR.

Witnesses:

. HORACE HARRIS,

M. T. BANELD. 

